Deadline for application: 16 December 2016Interviews will start immediately and continue until vacancy has been filledStart date: as soon as possible, exact date to be agreedDuration: 1 year contract with possibility of renewalLocation: BrusselsAbout OpenForum EuropeOpenForum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit, European-based independent think tank which explains the merits of openness in computing ... [Continue Reading]

Although still only in the early stage of implementation, the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive which was adopted on July 6, 2016 and entered into force in August 2016 constitutes a crucial piece of EU legislation that moves Europe towards the creation of a pan-European Digital Single Market. The aim of this Directive is not only to provide legal measures to boost the overall level ... [Continue Reading]

Jochen Friedrich is Chair of the OFE Standardisation Task Force and OFA Fellow. This post was originally published on his blog. The European Commission published today [1 June] its Communication on “EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ” - COM(2016) 358. It is publicly available on the Commission website. And it comes with a Staff Working paper - SWD(2016) 186 final. As indicated by the ... [Continue Reading]

Andrew Updegrove is a co-founder and partner of the Boston law firm of Gesmer Updegrove LLP and an internationally recognized expert on standard setting and open source organizations and how to form them. He has represented over 70 standard setting, promotional, and advocacy consortia and open source projects. In 2005, he received the President's Award for Journalism for his work at ... [Continue Reading]

Jochen Friedrich is Chair of the OFE Standardisation Task Force and OFA Fellow. This post was originally published on his blog. I am sure many of you participated - or at least considered participating - in the EU public consultation on priorities for ICT standardisation. And perhaps several of you gave up because it was quite a complex consultation going very much into detail.Today the ... [Continue Reading]